LANE COUNTY G
CANTON POINT
Umpqua National Forest
23S-1E-33
23S-1E-33
September 14, 1954: "A 40-foot tower and lookout house is now being constructed on Canton Point by U.S. Forest Service personnel.
The lookout will cover the head of the Steamboat Creek and Canton Creek areas, according to the Forest Service Fire Control Officer Ray Hampton. It is located in the southern portion of the Bohemia District at an altitude of some 4600 feet.
The area has not been adequately covered from a fire detection point, Hampton said. Last week several forest service men were up at the point getting piers located and leveled for pouring of concrete which was done Friday.
If weather permits the tower and house will be completed this fall. However, Hampton said if the rains start the house will be completed next spring. It will be used in the summer months during the fire season.
Construction of a tower and house in the area involves packing the material in by mules for three miles from the end of Sharps Creek Road. Cost of packing in and construction is estimated at $4,500, Hampton said, with an added cost for building material.
Hampton said that the U.S. Forest Service puts in new lookouts or replaces old ones as it is able to finance a project. Last year one was built on Red Butte. Ranger Dick Tubbman is directing the operations. Actual construction is being handled by Robert Casebeer, a Glide carpenter. The lookout house will be built of Douglas fir." (The News-Review)
The lookout will cover the head of the Steamboat Creek and Canton Creek areas, according to the Forest Service Fire Control Officer Ray Hampton. It is located in the southern portion of the Bohemia District at an altitude of some 4600 feet.
The area has not been adequately covered from a fire detection point, Hampton said. Last week several forest service men were up at the point getting piers located and leveled for pouring of concrete which was done Friday.
If weather permits the tower and house will be completed this fall. However, Hampton said if the rains start the house will be completed next spring. It will be used in the summer months during the fire season.
Construction of a tower and house in the area involves packing the material in by mules for three miles from the end of Sharps Creek Road. Cost of packing in and construction is estimated at $4,500, Hampton said, with an added cost for building material.
Hampton said that the U.S. Forest Service puts in new lookouts or replaces old ones as it is able to finance a project. Last year one was built on Red Butte. Ranger Dick Tubbman is directing the operations. Actual construction is being handled by Robert Casebeer, a Glide carpenter. The lookout house will be built of Douglas fir." (The News-Review)
August 4, 1962: "Canton Point--James Alexander has spent four summers in the Umpqua lookout service. A drama major, Alexander is working toward a master's degree at the University of Portland. He says he may follow painting as a career." (The News-Review)
July 20, 1963: "Jim Alexander of Eugene, a graduate of Portland State College, is stationed at Canton Point Lookout." (The News-Review)
1976: The lookout removed.